Abu Dhabi, January 3, 2023 – Malaria No More (MNM) today announced the expansion of its climate and health initiative, Forecasting Healthy Futures, through a new 3-year, $5 million award from the Reaching the Last Mile initiative (RLM), as witnessed by His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohammed bin Zayed, Member of the Executive Council.

At the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, during a session on climate change and global health, Malaria No More, in partnership with the Reaching the Last Mile initiative, hosted a panel discussion through its climate and global health initiative, Forecasting Healthy Futures. The session, entitled “Climate-Proofing Global Health Systems with Earth Observation Data, Artificial Intelligence, and other transformative technologies”, centered on making global health systems resilient to changing climate conditions.

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